Arts & Culture
The books, films, concerts, and media controversies that defined popular culture in 2007, led by the final Harry Potter novel.
Every Arts & Culture article in the 2007 knowledge base. Use the topic filters to narrow by sub-topic.
No Country for Old Men
"No Country for Old Men," directed by Joel and Ethan Coen and adapted from Cormac McCarthy's 2005...
Writers Guild of America Strike (2007–08)
On November 5, 2007, approximately 12,000 members of the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) an...
Radiohead's In Rainbows
On October 10, 2007, Radiohead released their seventh studio album In Rainbows as a digital downl...
Kanye West's Graduation
On September 11, 2007, Kanye West released Graduation, his third studio album, sparking a direct ...
2007 MTV Video Music Awards
On September 9, the MTV Video Music Awards ceremony at Las Vegas's The Palms Casino Resort became...
The Simpsons Movie
On July 27, the long-awaited feature film based on the Fox animated series *The Simpsons* was rel...
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh and final novel in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter...
Live Earth 2007 Concerts
Live Earth was a global environmental benefit concert series held on July 7, 2007 (7/7/07), desig...
Transformers
On July 3, 2007, Michael Bay's Transformers premiered in North America, launching a $709.7 millio...
WALL-E: First Revealed to the Public (2007)
In summer 2007, Pixar's upcoming animated science-fiction film WALL-E was publicly revealed for t...
Michael Moore's Sicko
On June 22, 2007, Michael Moore released Sicko, a documentary investigation into the U.S. healthc...
The Sopranos Series Finale Airs
On June 10, 2007, HBO's "The Sopranos" concluded with its controversial final episode, "Made in A...
Imus in the Morning Cancellation
On April 4, 2007, during a broadcast discussing the NCAA women's basketball championship game bet...
Britney Spears Head-Shaving Incident
On February 16, 2007, pop star Britney Spears walked into Esther's Haircutting Studio in Tarzana,...
Second Life peaks as a social and corporate phenomenon
Second Life, the persistent 3D virtual world launched by Linden Lab on June 23, 2003, reached pea...